A Systems-Oriented Antenna Solutions Provider
Background
Wireless communication and control systems have three main underpinnings: 1) electronics, 2) communication theory and protocols, and 3) antennas. A communications engineer sees the “channel” through the antenna connector. However, this channel actually represents the combined effect of the propagation environment (medium, obstacles, topography, etc.) and the antenna system. Thus, the construction (static) and operation (dynamic) of the antenna system can actually affect this channel.
Communication system designers often regard the antenna system as a necessary evil, specify it in some intuitive manner, and outsource its design and manufacturing. Antenna providers used to receiving specification and designing the antenna system to meet those. It is thus often the case that nobody sees the full picture and understands it well enough, resulting in major problems and/or very costly solutions.
Oftentimes, even the performance goals are decided without careful thinking. For example, one sets out to maximize the average attainable data rate whereas the true needs of the application call for the maximization of the probability with which a required data rate can be achieved. Moreover, many designers don’t understand the true reason underlying communication problems. For example, in an indoor environment the problem is often self-interference of the signal (short-distance multipath fading) rather than attenuation of walls.
Wireless communication and control systems have three main underpinnings: 1) electronics, 2) communication theory and protocols, and 3) antennas. A communications engineer sees the “channel” through the antenna connector. However, this channel actually represents the combined effect of the propagation environment (medium, obstacles, topography, etc.) and the antenna system. Thus, the construction (static) and operation (dynamic) of the antenna system can actually affect this channel.
Communication system designers often regard the antenna system as a necessary evil, specify it in some intuitive manner, and outsource its design and manufacturing. Antenna providers used to receiving specification and designing the antenna system to meet those. It is thus often the case that nobody sees the full picture and understands it well enough, resulting in major problems and/or very costly solutions.
Oftentimes, even the performance goals are decided without careful thinking. For example, one sets out to maximize the average attainable data rate whereas the true needs of the application call for the maximization of the probability with which a required data rate can be achieved. Moreover, many designers don’t understand the true reason underlying communication problems. For example, in an indoor environment the problem is often self-interference of the signal (short-distance multipath fading) rather than attenuation of walls.
Business Model
Pulsicom is a “participative” sub-contractor, being involved in parts of the system specification and then designing and providing its part of the system. It charges a fee for its non-recurring expenditure, followed by a per-unit fee for the part of the system that it contributes. Pulsicom is nonetheless flexible when it comes to who actually produces its designs, in the interest of enabling the most cost-effective construction of the end product.